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    Thumbs up New Aerial Photographer

    Well,not new at aerial photography.
    Anyway,I joined this forum because I was directed here from Google when I was looking for a large format scanner bulb.
    I got some really good info and saved about $400 a bulb.

    We were paying $500 a bulb and just ordered the very same bulbs for $80.

    We have several businesses in the Gulf South regions of the US.
    We have 2 airplanes both of which are using Leica RC30 film cameras and a Nikon D3 for our oblique shots.
    We still do in house processing for our B&W film but use HAS for our color processing.
    We use Epson Stylus pro 11880 large format printers for our photos.
    Just wanted to introduce myself and thank the administrators for a very cool website.

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    Re: New Aerial Photographer

    Welcome to group therepy! Where are you down here in the great Gulf South?? Most of the aerial photography I've done has been with either a Minolta SRT 35mm or a Hasselblad, but I keep toying with building a fixed-focus hand-held 4x5 box camera just for the fun of it...no, I don't do enough aerial work to make it worthwhile, but it might be fun! Trouble is, the guy I used to get to take me up has quit flying due to heart trouble...now I'll have to pay somebody if I want to get aerial shots. Glad you got the help you needed.

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    Re: New Aerial Photographer

    Quote Originally Posted by gcam View Post
    Well,not new at aerial photography.
    Anyway,I joined this forum because I was directed here from Google when I was looking for a large format scanner bulb.
    I got some really good info and saved about $400 a bulb.

    We were paying $500 a bulb and just ordered the very same bulbs for $80.

    We have several businesses in the Gulf South regions of the US.
    We have 2 airplanes both of which are using Leica RC30 film cameras and a Nikon D3 for our oblique shots.
    We still do in house processing for our B&W film but use HAS for our color processing.
    We use Epson Stylus pro 11880 large format printers for our photos.
    Just wanted to introduce myself and thank the administrators for a very cool website.
    What exactly does a $500 light bulb look like? Welcome, by the way.

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    Re: New Aerial Photographer

    Here's a $5500 light:

    http://gmesupply.com/medium-intensit...m-p-57622.html

    It replaces 2 $15 600w bulbs which normally have to be changed at an expense of $1000 labor.

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    Re: New Aerial Photographer

    Quote Originally Posted by jp498 View Post
    Here's a $5500 light:

    http://gmesupply.com/medium-intensit...m-p-57622.html

    It replaces 2 $15 600w bulbs which normally have to be changed at an expense of $1000 labor.
    I think I would rather sit in the dark.

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    Talking Re: New Aerial Photographer

    Quote Originally Posted by bobwysiwyg View Post
    What exactly does a $500 light bulb look like? Welcome, by the way.
    Haha,I know right.
    Vexcel,the manufacturer of the Ultrascan 5000 scanner was charging us $500 for the FL15AD/70 bulbs.
    We were told that we had to purchase the bulbs through them because the bulb was not being manufactured anymore.
    For years we just went with it until the other day I decided to do some investigative work and here I am.
    Thank You for the welcome guys.
    I started out working in dark rooms,worming chems,processors,enlargements ETC.
    This digital age sure is nice though.

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